Larry Page: Google co-founder granted New Zealand residency

[brooklynite]

BBC

Larry Page, Google's co-founder and one of the world's richest men, has been granted New Zealand residency under a category for wealthy investors.

Applicants are required to invest at least NZ$10m ($7m, £5m) in New Zealand over three years.

Mr Page entered New Zealand in January, when its borders were still closed because of Covid-19.

But the government said he was allowed in because of a medical emergency application involving his son.

[dalton99a]

1. Where he will live happily forever after

[marybourg]

2. . . . safe from climate disaster.

[underpants]

3. Lots of end of the world refuges there for the super rich

It’s the best bomb shelter money can buy.

[marybourg]

8. while the rest of us die by fire, flood, heat,

cold, hurricane. . . . No wonder the ultra-rich needed those trump tax cuts. I was wondering why they needed even more money. Now it all makes sense. First New Zealand. Then Mars.

[NCDem47]

4. Got to tell you...

Not doing myself any favors by reading about this Tucker Carlson in Hungary thing.

It's crossed my mind how to stash money overseas and make a quick exit out of the country when the U.S. goes all Handmaid's Tale.

Pray it doesn't come to that.

But this guy (Page) definitely got a pass for his extreme wealth.

[brooklynite]

5. Malta is cheaper...

$650,000 for citizenship which gets you access to the EU. And they speak English.

[FakeNoose]

6. This is a better investment than a trip on a rocketship

When you go to outer space, you have to come back again. It's the only way, as Jeff Bezos learned. But Larry Page can disappear in NZ, live a good life, and never be heard from again.

[bluewater]

7. Have they given up on Patagonia already?